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Hero Treasures...

How old do you have to be to become a hero? Is it something you pick, or something that just happens to you? And, hey--is there any kind of training for that stuff?

   Real-life heroes come in all ages, shapes, and sizes. In fact, history is filled with stories about kids who did amazingly brave things. Children are some of the bravest people on the planet. Did you know during a time when things were bad for so long it's called the Dark Ages, a huge band of children organized a crusade by themselves and it spread through civilization like wildfire?

   Here are some stories about kids that went looking for hero stuff. The treasure you can dig out of this kind of book lasts forever.

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The Young Heroics...
A Brave New Middle Grade Series 

   KNIGHTS OF THE EMPIRE is filled with bits of survival and wilderness skills, wrapped up in an exciting story of brotherhood and loyalty. William Hudson and Jefferson Boone Junior are from opposite kinds of families, with no brothers of their own. That is until they discover an old survival guide written by a real-life hero that nobody believes in anymore.

   Up until then, they thought loyalty was just something left over from the days of kings. Or some kind of game strategy. How can anybody take that kind of stuff seriously? Nobody else seems to. But all that is before they come face-to-face with legends, and ghost towns, and being stranded in a desert rippling with hundred-degree heat. And no roads.

      Things like that can change you.



   WARNING: Some things in this book are catching.
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What people are saying about this book...

“Are you kidding me? THIS BOOK IS GREAT! I love the author's voice and the character's quirky way of looking at life through the eyes of a tween / teen boy. Grabbed me on the first page. I'm way past reading middle-grade fiction but this book took me back to my adventurous childhood when building tree forts and making rafts was a big deal. If you have a son or daughter, niece or nephew, grand ... whatever, who's a reluctant reader, I recommend you gift them a copy of Knights of the Empire. “
                                                                                                                    Eddie Jones, award winning author of The Caden Chronicles



“Move over Hardy Boys! Hud and Boone are the new dynamic duo living out a great adventure in the desert on the pages of KNIGHTS of the Empire. Fast paced writing peppered with life lessons, dramatic suspense and humor make this a story that might lure digital junkies back into the world of reading purely for the pleasure of it. Highly recommended!”
                                                      Cindy Kelley, author /screenwriter of The Mercy Medallion series (co-written with Michael Landon Jr.) and  the award wining Love Comes Softly movies on the Hallmark Channel

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